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The phenomenon of "suicide bombing" is not new, and yet the involvement of Muslim women in this violent political activity has received much media attention, especially since the Second Intifada. This dissertation challenges interpretations of female bombers in academic writing …

The Montreal Botanical Garden, a 180-acre complex comprised of over thirty outdoor and ten indoor landscapes located in the city's east-end, is the product of a Depression-era government funded Public Works project. Its founding director, preeminent botanist Frère Marie-Victorin…

This dissertation tracks the operations of Hassan Jalloh, once a commander in Sierra Leone's devastating civil war, now self-proclaimed "King of West Africa Mystical Power and Culture." Jalloh served in the Civil Defense Forces, a pro-government militia that mobilized the imager…

What is spectacle? How does performance spectacle reflect the ethos of a locale, a region, a nation? This dissertation compares the life experiences and performance spectacles of two regionally distinct Egyptian performance communities from their respective local markets and rol…

This dissertation is a contemplation of the meaning of a Tibetan Buddhist monastic ritual within its transnational context of exile. The meaning of the ritual, for the monks who performed it, ranged from its meaning expounded within relevant Tibetan Buddhist discursive tradition…